So, evidently, you reach a point in DC hierarchy, mostly likely the Batworld, where no one stops you from printing exactly what you want, right?
When did the gun thing happen? Am I that behind the times?
Jayne, you'll scare the women.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
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§ ita § - Mar 16, 2011 6:59:14 pm PDT #3389 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
P.M. Marc - Mar 18, 2011 8:34:55 am PDT #3390 of 5059
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh god, I could not stop laughing. I just... I can't breathe. I have to OWN this. I want an ANIMATED VERSION!
It's so wrong.
Steph L. - Mar 18, 2011 8:38:41 am PDT #3391 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Nude Bruce! Krumping battle! Why the fuck is there a whale with Aquaman?
amych - Mar 18, 2011 8:40:13 am PDT #3392 of 5059
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
PLATO'S FUCKING CAVE.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2011 8:54:49 am PDT #3393 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
In the last issue it's going to turn out he's locked up in Arkham, right?
Steph L. - Mar 18, 2011 8:55:37 am PDT #3394 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
In the last issue it's going to turn out he's locked up in Arkham, right?
No; it's going to turn out that all the readers are.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 18, 2011 9:26:52 am PDT #3395 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I am going to laugh if this turns out to be how the Joker perceives a lecture from batman.
Atropa - Mar 18, 2011 9:29:43 am PDT #3396 of 5059
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I am going to laugh if this turns out to be how the Joker perceives a lecture from batman.
I will build a shrine to the writer if that's what this turns out to be. Because that is BRILLIANT.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2011 10:25:36 am PDT #3397 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The dialogue alone:
"I don't give a hydroelectric dam about this flap."
"Such an octopus of a thing!"
I am going to laugh if this turns out to be how the Joker perceives a lecture from batman.
Genius.
In sad semi-related news, RIP Michael Hough.
Polter-Cow - Mar 19, 2011 10:18:39 pm PDT #3398 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So I just finished reading the first volume of The Batman Chronicles, which reprints all the old Batman stories, starting with Detective Comics #27, and oh man, it is so weird to read comics from seventy years ago. They were very different back then and much more obviously for children, and the narration described everything that was clearly happening in the panel, and the dialogue was completely expository and terrible.
But, as I am sure everyone knows, one of the craziest thing about reading old Batman comics is that back in the day, BATMAN KILLED DUDES ALL THE TIME. It's kind of hilarious how much Batman kills dudes. And then he's like, "A fitting end for his kind." When did the whole "Batman doesn't kill" thing become part of his character? Also, when did he actually GET a character? Because I really don't understand how this man dressed up as a bat captured the hearts and minds of all of America. He seems like a generic crimefighter who happens to dress up as a bat. And constantly uses silk rope and gas capsules. And then makes bowling puns.
The original Joker stories were pretty good, though! And they totally used them for B:TAS!
ROBIN TOTALLY KILLS DUDES TOO.
Also: why have I never heard the name Bill Finger before? It's always Bob Kane, Bob Kane, Bob Kane, so I assumed he also wrote Batman, but he only drew him. Bill Finger wrote the first issue. Which, well, like I said, it's not like the writing was anything special or gave Batman any real semblance of character. It seems like all the Batman stories I've read are essentially using Frank Miller's version of the character. It's kind of odd, really; Bob Kane is always credited as the creator of Batman, but there's no official credit for redefining Batman.